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Fallout 3: The Pitt is Released

As promised, Bethesda's second downloadable content pack for Fallout 3 was released today, and is available for both the Xbox 360 and PC for 800 Microsoft Points. Checking in with Microsoft's Major Nelson confirms the release of The Pitt, which sees players tackle various missions and adventures in a post-apocalyptic rendering of Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh was once the industrial center of the pre-war world. The city was spared the horrors of nuclear fire, only to have its people infected by a nightmare plague of disease, infection, and mutation. Travel to the ruins of this industrial city, now called The Pitt, and discover a secret that could send shockwaves through the entire Wasteland. Battle vicious mutated Trogs, employ deadly new weapons like the AutoAxe and Infiltrator silenced assault rifle, and decide the fate of the infected slaves and slavers that call this city home. Only you can find the cure – but will you have the guts to use it?

As noted, this DLC is not available in Japan. The third and final DLC pack heading to the Fallout 3 universe is entitled Broken Steel, and is due to debut in April. Broken Steel will also allow the player to continue playing past the end of original game's ending.

"America's Most Livable City"

Update, 9:26 a.m.: Many gamers are complaining of bugs and crashes after this morning's announcement of The Pitt going on general release. Moderators on the official Bethesda forums are apologizing for the inconvenience and are looking into the issues noted. Players are experiencing missing textures, large red exclamation points floating around the environments, and full client crashes.

Bethesda recently released the following statement: "We are continuing to look into the issues people are experiencing with The Pitt for Xbox 360. As of now it looks like the file for the English version on Xbox Live was somehow corrupted. We are currently working with Microsoft to remove the existing file off of Live to prevent any further downloads. Our plan is to replace it with a new file as soon as possible. We hope to have another update for you shortly."

Bryn says: I'm thinking I might call Gerald's cell phone right now to tell him he can start downloading The Pitt. Trouble is that it's only 3:59 a.m. in California. Oh well, I guess it's an early start for someone at GameSpy headquarters!

Feelings, by the way, seem a little split in the office in regards to the third DLC, Broken Steel. It's not the content that's causing debates, but rather how you'll be able to play past the game's ending. How will this work? Will it make the game artificially too long? I know a man who's going to be finding out...